Kyrgyzstan Proposals for Trafficking in Persons

UNCLAS BISHKEK 000151

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SUBJECT: Kyrgyzstan Proposals for Trafficking in Persons
G/TIP-Managed FY 2008 ESF and INCLE Funds

REF: 07 State 161503


1. Per reftel instructions, Post solicited anti-trafficking in
persons project proposals from local organizations. Post received
three proposals. Per reftel instructions, the complete project
proposals have been forwarded via e-mail to G/TIP.


2. Post has reviewed the following project proposals:

A) Applicant: International Organization of Migration (IOM)

Requested Funding: $ 326,970

Project title: Combating Trafficking in Persons in The Kyrgyz
Republic

Project Duration: 18 months

Proposal Abstract: By building upon and complementing IOM's past and
present activities in the Kyrgyz Republic against trafficking in
persons, the overall program approach addresses three integrated and
interrelated aspects of this phenomenon and consequently contributes
to the efforts of the Kyrgyz authorities in combating trafficking in
persons to, from and through Kyrgyzstan: prevention through the
dissemination of information by NGO hotlines to further increase
public awareness; protection and reintegration assistance through
support to Victims of Trafficking who are returning/have returned to
the Kyrgyz Republic by the NGO network; prosecution by supporting
law enforcement and judiciary structures to more effectively act
against crimes of trafficking in persons.

The project activities will include:
Prevention: IOM will continue to support hotlines operated by
partner NGOs in Bishkek, Osh, Jalal-Abad, Talas, Karakol, Batken,
and Naryn cities. Counter-trafficking hotlines will serve not only
as a prevention and assistance mechanism for potential and real
victims of trafficking, but also as a data-gathering mechanism for
critical information on perceptions and knowledge of trafficking
from potential victims.
Protection: This project will continue the most important practical
activity of direct assistance in the voluntary return,
rehabilitation and reintegration of Victims of Trafficking
implemented by local partner NGOs under the coordination of IOM
Bishkek. This assistance will include the safe and voluntary return
of victims, medical and psychological check-ups and treatment if
necessary, social and legal assistance, assistance in processing
documents, and assistance in gaining employment when possible.
Prosecution: This project will provide additional training to
"front-line" law enforcement and prosecutorial officials from
specific regions seriously affected by trafficking. The participants
include border guards, investigators, prosecutors, working-level
police and immigration officials, judges and public attorneys and
other relevant law enforcement officials, who will be apprised of
the latest policy guidelines and legislative developments concerning
the issue and of victim identification techniques, as well as best
practices on how to work with victims and convict traffickers. The
training will assist law enforcement and judiciary structures to act
more effectively against crimes of trafficking, and will assist
victims by sensitizing law enforcement to victims' basic needs. The
training will also seek to include counterpart officials from
different agencies, when possible, thereby improving cooperation
between law enforcement and prosecutorial officials responsible for
managing borders and the prosecution of traffickers. The training
will also allow counterpart law enforcement officials to understand
more clearly how a cooperative approach to counter-trafficking will
improve their ability to do their work.

B) Applicant: The Sezim Crisis Center for Women and Families

Requested Funding: $ 46,820.16

Project Title: Rehabilitation, Reintegration and Legal Support to
Victims of Human Trafficking.

Project Duration: 1 year

Proposal Abstract: The Project on Rehabilitation, Reintegration and
Legal Support to Victims of Trafficking (VoTs) is aimed at providing
assistance to VoTs staying in the Sezim shelter and at other places.
The support will include psychological assistance (consultations,
individual and group psychotherapy sessions),medical assistance on
an as-needed basis, social assistance for re-integration VoTs into
the society, and creating a sustainable system of legal protection
(legal advice, assistance in drafting legal documents, obtaining
IDs, lawyer support during
judiciary process, ensuring safety and privacy of clients),etc.

The following activities will be carried out under the project:
G/TIP-Managed FY 2008 ESF and INCLE Funds


Providing shelter and rehabilitation and reintegration services to
VoTs, including, but not limited to: receiving referred VoTs at the
shelter and their identification; medical, psychological, legal and
social assistance on as needed basis; occupational and art therapy;
training and re-training; arranging meetings with relatives.

Providing rehabilitation and reintegration services to VoTs that do
not stay at the Sezim shelter, including, but not limited to:
medical, psychological and social assistance on as needed basis;
lawyer support during preparation to court hearings and during them;
assistance in liaising with representatives of law enforcement
authorities, ensuring anonymity and privacy of clients.

It is expected that in the course of the project implementation,
shelter will be provided to about 50 VoTs; assistance will be
provided to about 20 VoTs not staying in the shelter; rehabilitation
and reintegration support will be provided to about 50 VoTs; legal
assistance (consultations, preparation of getting necessary
documents and obtaining IDs) will be provided to about 30 VoTs; and
lawyer support will be provided to about 10 VoTs.

C) Applicant: Adilet Public Legal Foundation

Requested Funding: $ 60,133

Project Title: Strengthening the Legal Protection of the Population

Project Duration: 1 year

Proposal Abstract: The aim of the project is to enhance the
protection of civil rights and promotion of police system reform in
the Kyrgyz Republic by providing legal and educational support to
passport divisions and marginalized groups.

Tasks of the project:

Corruption reduction at passport divisions of interior entities;

Increase in transparency and openness in work of passport
divisions;

Increase of the confidence of the population to the work of interior
entities;

Increase in the professional level of work of interior entities
staff;

Forming of more accessible image of personnel of passport
divisions;

Promotion of bringing the working level of passport divisions up to
international work standards of law enforcement bodies.

The project has two main components:

Rendering free legal aid on the issues of acquisition (and exit
from) of the Kyrgyz nationality as well as on obtaining identifying
documents;
Increase in the professional level of work of officials of passport
divisions and awareness of NGOs and state bodies.

The implementation of the given components will help achieve the
following tasks:

Increase the legal protective ability of marginalized groups;

Reduce the level of corruption in passport divisions;

Increase the transparency in work of interior entities.

The first component supposes rendering the legal aid to marginalized
groups on the issues of acquisition, restoration, and exit from the
Kyrgyz citizenship as well as on obtaining identifying documents.
The legal aid will be rendered in the form of consultations and
representation of interests at courts and law enforcement bodies.


This component aims to give detailed information on documenting and
reduction of procrastination appearing in the process of application
for documents. The work of the component will ensure a free access
to information on citizenship and help obtain necessary identifying
documents for persons, thereby leading to achieving transparency in
work of passport divisions.

Legal aid will be provided on the following issues: what documents
are needed to acquire (exit from) citizenship, to obtain the
identity card (passport, certificate of birth) in result of various
events (change, loss of passport, achieving 16 years old, etc.),
G/TIP-Managed FY 2008 ESF and INCLE Funds

dates for submitting and receiving documents, contact information of
relevant state bodies, passport application procedures, etc.
It is supposed that the work of the given component will promote the
monitoring of the police system reform. The analysis of changes in
work of the passport divisions will ensure more objective assessment
of work of interior entities and will render assistance in
improvement of the reform process.

Second component. This component will serve to increase the
professional level of officials of passport divisions and raise the
awareness of NGOs and relevant state bodies about the citizenship
related issues.

In its framework three trainings for officials of passport divisions
in regions will be conducted. Three trainings will be conducted in
three regions of the country for officials of passport divisions of
all provinces on the issues of registration and filling in passports
and other identifying documents in accordance with the national law.


To facilitate the work of passport divisions and ensure the access
to legal information, it is supposed to issue a Reference book
composed out of legal acts regulating the order of arrangement of
identifying documents.

To ensure the transparency of work of passport divisions as well as
necessary information for population on obtaining identifying
documents, it is suggested to issue booklets and posters for
dissemination and placement at passport divisions.

Booklets and posters will include information about the list of
necessary documents for obtaining passports, application procedures,
deadlines, order of filling in questionnaires.

The number of all information materials (Reference book, sheets, and
posters) is computed to cover all passport divisions of the
republic.

Yovanovitch